The Shorewood Beach Association began a weekly newsletter in the fall of 1961 distributing their self-published news of the community. The newsletter evolved into the Shorewood Sentinel Newspaper still in productino in 2010.

Eric Holman, 17, and his brother, Dennis, 14, were injured when the car Eric was driving collided with a large truck driven by Mike Hillyer of Metamora on the west edge of Metamora. Dennis was listed in serious condition at St. Francis Medical...